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furtherance of the common unlawful purpose or do any over to act for the purpose of promoting the rebellion, they have engaged in insurrection or rebellion, for section three, disqualification purposes. the colorado supreme court also close attorney general stanbury saying, when a person has by speech or by writing incited others to engage in rebellion, he must come under the disqualification. the words of the 14th i management that are never quoted by the trump lawyers in their supreme court brief our aid or comfort. prohibition on holding office applies to those who engaged in insurrection, and those who give them instruction and those who give, quote, aid or comfort, according to the 14th amendment. means secretary of state, shana
ballots, the former president takes her to court, i'll get a reaction tonight. also, chris christie joins me with the iowa caucus is growing closer, and many challengers seemingly grow slimmer. -- and you've likely seen the japanese -- five people were killed on the smaller plane that hit, new details tonight on how every single one of the nearly 400 people on the airline got out alive. good evening, thanks for joining us. we begin with breaking news, the start of the year which will be unlike any in american political, legal, and history. a former president running for office, again facing 91 federal and state felony charges, also facing two civil trials, and fighting efforts in several states to remove him from the ballot. that's where we start tonight, with his attorneys late today asking a court to overturn maine secretary of state shana bellows's decision to remove him from the ballot because of his role in the january 6th insurrection. we are also waiting for his appeal on a similar case in colorado, in a filing tonight on the question of whether a former president can even be prosecuted for actions taken while in office. in addition, the former president is also spinning
the 14th amendment at his insurrectionist band. >> we don't know how the courts will rule or if the matter will be decided by the supreme court. it sure looks that way. we know that 46% of americans say trump should be disqualified for his actions related to january 6th. that is based on this new washington post university of maryland poll which was completed before these unprecedented bands. the person behind one of those controversial ballot decisions is joining us now. that's main secretary of state shana bellows. thank you for being with us here. do you think that your decision will survive this appeal by trump and possibly survive the supreme court? >> thank you for having me. what i think is important to recognize is that this is the process in maine. maine is unlike other states whereby anyone, any registered voter who challenges a candidate's qualifications must appeal the secretary of state. i did my job that i was
their own base but it shouldn't fly with everybody else. >> immigration reform would be i think a big bone for the democrats. adam green, 71% of the american people want an increase in the minimum wage. how does this affect voters? how will this turn people coming up in november? and how big of a talking scenario can be played out by candidates on the campaign trail with this kind of number? >> great question. there is a rising economic populist tide in america, ed, not just among democratic voters but as you say among the general electorate at large. people want politicians that they can trust to fight for the little guy in our economy. and democrats are really smart to press this issue and right now progressive candidates across the country are actively making this a campaign issue, the minimum wage. just today in maine very competitive senate candidate shana bellows had a petition delivery and media event calling